Pufferfish can be served for human consumption as a delicacy called fugu. It is especially popular in Japan, but you may also see it available in other countries, including Korea, China, Singapore, ...

Picture this. You're holding a knife over a fish that could kill thirty people if you make one wrong cut. Your hands are steady, but one slip means contamination. One nick of the liver means the dish ...

A plate of fugu prepared in Japan. - Li Dekun/Getty Images America is a famously permissive country when it comes to food. While countries such as the United Kingdom and Ireland may discourage certain ...

For many travelers, part of the fun of exploring the world is trying new-to-them foods that are unavailable back home. Sometimes, that means eating parts of an animal they're not used to or chomping ...

Officials in the central Japanese city of Gamagori are warning residents not to eat blowfish purchased from a local supermarket after potentially deadly parts of the fish were inadvertently sold. The ...

A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to avoid eating locally purchased blowfish, after a mix-up saw toxic parts of the delicacy go on sale. A supermarket in ...

A Japanese 10-year-old has become the youngest person authorized to prepare "fugu" pufferfish — a delicacy that can kill if its poisonous parts are not properly removed. Fifth grader Karin Tabira ...

A supermarket in central Japan sold several packages of the fish containing potentially deadly parts. Officials have issued a warning to residents. Officials in the central Japanese city of Gamagori ...